**Original Print!**
LSoH #20 presents
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN: THE
UNCENSORED HISTORY OF AMICUS PRODUCTIONS by Philip Nutman
Amicus Productions was the
only serious rival to Hammer films in the 1960’s and 1970’s, especially with
their anthology films.
It all started, for us
horror fans, with CITY OF THE DEAD back in 1960 – a wonderful black and white tale of Witchcraft, with
Christopher Lee. But the one that put
Amicus on the map was DR. TERROR’S HOUSE OF HORRORS in 1964. Soon followed by two Dr.Who and the Daleks
films.
Amicus stayed active
well into the 1970’s with titles such as:
THE DEADLY BEES
THE PSYCHOPATH
TORTURE GARDEN
THEY CAME FROM BEYOND SPACE
THE TERRORNAUTS
THE MIND OF MR. SOAMES
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN
THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD
I, MONSTER
TALES FROM THE CRYPT
THE VAULT OF HORROR
ASYLUM
THE BEAST MUST DIE
MADHOUSE
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
And the Edgar Rice Burroughs films done
for American-International.
But this is more than
just a history of the films – it is the story of two men – Max
Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky. Together, they formed Amicus Productions,
and while both New York
bred and raised, and Jewish, were about as much alike as oil and water. And their clashes, while making these successful
films, lead to lawsuits that would end Amicus as we knew it (the company has
become active again with a former associate of Max Rosenberg, and has made
several films recently).
Here is the inside story
on the making of the films, about the films And about the inside battles
between Max and Milton that are almost as interesting as the films
themselves.
Illustrated with over
200 photos, ad mats and art work by Stephen Bissette,
Neil Vokes, Adrian Salmon and Graham Humphreys.
100 pages.
